The Abolitionist Dirty Break
Abolitionists waged war on the two party oligarchy. Ben Grove suggests we can learn from their forgotten triumph. It’s looming before us: the dark road …
Month: October 2024
Letter: The Crisis of Democracy and the 2024 Election
The one safe prediction we can make about the upcoming presidential election is that it can only result in a further intensification of the crisis …
Where is the working class’ power? An interview with Peter Olney and John Womack
Peter Olney is a labor organizer of over half a century, long-time organizing director at the ILWU, and researcher on labor strategy. John Womack is …
Understanding the Timing of the Stalinist Terror
Why did the Stalinist Terror occur when it did? Naman Karl-Thomas Habtom investigates how institutional accommodation and immediate triggers produced these tumultuous events. For most …
The Reign of Play: ‘Suzerain’ and Practicing Politics
Sam Dee argues that when it comes to video games and political education, interactive fiction-based titles like Torpor Games’ ‘Suzerain‘ have far more to teach …
Yestergay’s Man: Eric Orner’s Smahtguy
Hank Kennedy reviews cartoonist Eric Orner’s biography of US politician Barney Frank. I do not think that any self-respecting radical in history would have considered …
Ba’ath and Ba’ath: Arab Socialism in Syria and Iraq
Eric, Andrew and Rudy join for a discussion on the Arab Socialist Ba’ath Party in the two regions where it held power: Syria and Iraq, …
Amidst the Crisis at Local 952, will the Teamsters Strike CVS in Orange County?
Edgar Esquivel reports on the continuing crisis of Sean O’Brien’s leadership of the Teamsters and comments on current events within IBT Local 952 in Orange, …
For a Broad Notion of the Working Class and Against Factory-Workerism: A Response to Gary Levi
Joshua Lew McDermott responds to Gary Levi’s critique of their article of last year, arguing that Levi’s theories of class formation, class consciousness, and class …
Letter: On the Abolition of the Death Penalty
An innocent man was murdered by the United States. May Khaliifah Ibn Rayford Daniels ’Abdul Qudduus, formerly Marcellus Williams, rest in power. The death penalty …